76.Many a mother tries to act out her unrealized dreams through her daughter
有许多母亲都试图在女儿身上实现自己未竟的梦想。
经典句型解析76：many a等表示数量许多修饰名词的词组归纳
这个考点大考小考那是必考的内容，许多同学往往很困惑，现在总结如下：
常见修饰名词表示数量的短语分
1.只能修饰可数名词的：
a large/great/good number of,
a good/great many,
dozens of,
scores of,
quite a few
many a
many
2.只能修饰不可数名词的
a great deal of,
a large/great amount of,
quite a little,
a large sum of
a bit of
much
little
a little
3.既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的
plenty of,
a lot of,
lots of,
a large/great quantity of,(其后谓语动词用单数)
large（huge）quantities of（其后谓语动词用复数）
a good supply of
注意：
1.a good [great] many 后直接跟名词，不用介词of。但是，若其后所接名词有the, these, my 等限定词修饰，则要用介词of表示“…中的很多”：例如:
a great many of my friends 我的朋友当中的许多人。
A great many(of the) graduates have found jobs. 毕业生中很多人已经找到了工作。
He always has a great amount of work to do. 他总是有很多工作要做。
The deceased left a large sum of money to his grandson.
死者给他的孙子留下一大笔钱。
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They were fighting over a trivial sum of money.
他们在为一笔数额极小的钱而打架。
He was left a large sum of money.
有人留了一大笔钱给他。
He is saving a sum of money to buy a home for his family.
他正积蓄一笔钱以便买一幢住宅供全家居住。
You owe a certain person a sum of money
你欠某人一笔钱。
Many a good man has been destroyed by drink.
许多好人都毁在了饮酒上。
Many a mother tries to act out her unrealized dreams through her daughter
有许多母亲都试图在女儿身上实现自己未竟的梦想。
Many a student fails to pass on the examination.
许多学生考试不及格。
Many a customer has been lost through negligence of service.
由于服务不周失去了许多老主顾。
2.a lot of, lots of, plenty of (以上三个词语后谓语动词的数依of后的名词的单复数而定),a great / large quantity of (其后谓语用单数),quantities of (其后谓语用复数)all, some, enough。例如:
There is still lots of snow in the garden. 花园里还有许多雪。
There is plenty of rain here. 这儿的雨水很多。
A large quantity of drugs was seized during the raid.
在这次突击行动中起获了大量毒品。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
水库存了大量的水。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》
A great quantity of flowers was placed in the hall. 大厅里放了很多鲜花。
There are large quantities of food in the cupboard. 橱柜里有许多食物。
Large quantities of drugs were found during a police swoop on the star's New York home.
警方对这位明星在纽约的住所进行突击搜查，发现了大量毒品。
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